LEADER 04707nam 22006855 450 001 9910369916903321 005 20211008134935.0 010 $a1-137-49670-3 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-49670-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000009678449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5971199 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-49670-6 035 $a(PPN)259459933 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009678449 100 $a20191029d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTransnational crime and black spots $erethinking sovereignty and the global economy /$fby Stuart S. Brown, Margaret G. Hermann 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (255 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2483 311 1 $a1-137-49669-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: Setting the Stage -- Part I: Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 2: Geopolitics and Transnational Crime -- Chapter 3: The New Economic Geography and the Illicit Economy -- Part II: Toward Developing a Black Spots Network -- Chapter 4: Activities, Functions, and Linkages -- Chapter 5: Black Spots, Actors, and Governance -- Chapter 6: Methods of Financing the Illicit Economy -- Part III: Extensions and Implications -- Chapter 7: Black Spots in Cyberspace? -- Chapter 8: Discoveries and Challenges. 330 $a?The strength of this book is that it does not look at a single case or even a few disparate examples of drug, weapon, and human trafficking but looks at many patterns?intra-regionally, cross-nationally, and internationally. It is an innovative addition to the literature on the nature of the safe havens?or ?black spots??currently being used for illicit activity. This book will make a clear impact on the scholarship of transnational crime and the geopolitics of the illicit global economy.? ?Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark Transnational criminal, insurgent, and terrorist organizations seek places that they can govern and operate from with minimum interference from law enforcement. This book examines 80 such safe havens which function outside effective state-based government control and are sustained by illicit economic activities. Brown and Hermann call these geographic locations ?black spots? because, like black holes in astronomy that defy the laws of Newtonian physics, they defy the world as defined by the Westphalian state system. The authors map flows of insecurity such as trafficking in drugs, weapons, and people, providing an unusually clear view of the hubs and networks that form as a result. As transnational crime is increasing on the internet, Brown and Hermann also explore if there are places in cyberspace which can be considered black spots. They conclude by elaborating the challenges that black spots pose for law enforcement and both national and international governance. 410 0$aInternational Political Economy Series,$x2662-2483 606 $aPolitical economy 606 $aMunicipal government 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aTransnational crime 606 $aOrganized crime 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 606 $aUrban Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911270 606 $aInternational Security Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912120 606 $aTrafficking$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1B4030 606 $aOrganized Crime$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1B8000 615 0$aPolitical economy. 615 0$aMunicipal government. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aTransnational crime. 615 0$aOrganized crime. 615 14$aInternational Political Economy. 615 24$aUrban Politics. 615 24$aInternational Security Studies. 615 24$aTrafficking. 615 24$aOrganized Crime. 676 $a364.135 700 $aBrown$b Stuart S$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0897291 702 $aHermann$b Margaret G$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910369916903321 996 $aTransnational crime and black spots$92004662 997 $aUNINA